Nicholas W. Zuk
Chair of the Board, member of the Audit and Governance Committees
Represents self-insured employersTerm expires June 12, 2019
Nicholas Zuk, of Westerville, is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of White Castle System in Columbus. Since 1992 he has overseen the company's risk management program and served as a trustee for both the pension and profit sharing plans. He is a current member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Columbus Bar Association and the American Corporate Counsel. He has previously served as chairman of the board for the National Council of Chain Restaurants and the Ohio Restaurant Association. He holds a bachelor's degree from Washington University (St. Louis) and a juris doctorate from Capital University.

Chan Cochran
Vice Chair of Board, Chair of the Governance Committee, Member of the Investment and Audit committees
Represents the publicTerm expires June 11, 2020
Chan Cochran, of New Albany, is founder and CEO of the Cochran Group, Inc., a state capital government affairs consulting firm. He is a former member and chair of Franklin County Children Services and former member of the Veterans Memorial Board of Trustees. Director Cochran served in the Navy - two years in Vietnam and as a shipboard media liaison for the Apollo 11 and Apollo 13 Recovery Missions. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the U.S. Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V.

Peggy Griffith
Vice Chair of Medical Services & Safety Committee, Vice Chair of Governance Committee, Member of Actuarial Committee
Represents employeesTerm expires June 11, 2020
Peggy Griffith, of Deerfield, is a member of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 4302. She is first vice-president of the Ohio AFL-CIO Hall of Fame Labor Council. She chaired the CWA's safety and health committee and the joint AT&T safety committee. She has more than 35 years of workers' compensation experience as a member and committee chair for CWA.

Kenneth Haffey
Chair of the Audit Committee
Certified public accountantTerm expires June 12, 2021
Kenneth Haffey, of Chesterland, has been a licensed CPA in Ohio since 1986. He is currently a partner in CPA firm of Skoda, Minotti & Co. in Mayfield Village. Haffey served as a managing partner and vice president for Century Business Services, Inc., a Cleveland CPA firm. Haffey also worked as a vice president for banks in Cleveland and Chicago, and has served as an adjunct accounting professor at Case Western Reserve University since 1990. Haffey received a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1978 and an MBA from DePaul University in 1982.

David W. Johnson
Chairman of the Medical Services & Safety Committee, Vice Chair of the Audit Committee, Member of the Actuarial Committee
Represents employers with more than 100 employeesTerm expires June 11, 2020
David Johnson, of Salem, is the CEO of Summitville Tiles, Inc. and is a member and past chair of the Ohio Manufacturers' Association Board. He also is a board member of Consumers National Bank; Radio America, American Studies Center; and Ohio Business Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy boards.

Stephen E. Lehecka
Chair of the Actuarial Committee, Member of the Investment Committee
ActuaryTerm expires June 12, 2019
Stephen Lehecka, of Westfield Center, throughout his career, he has served in actuarial positions for insurance companies in Ohio and Michigan including chief actuary for Westfield Insurance. He is currently a member of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. He earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Alma College in Alma, Michigan and also completed some graduate studies in mathematics at Michigan State University. He is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Mark J. Palmer
Chair of the Investment Committee, Member of the Governance and the Medical Services & Safety committees
Investment and securities expertTerm expires June 12, 2019
Mark Palmer, of Bexley, is chief executive officer for The Joseph Group Capital Management, an investment advisory firm he founded with his brother in 1999. As of Dec. 31, 2015, The Joseph Group directly managed or advised more than $365 million in investment assets. Columbus Business First magazine has listed the firm in the top 10 fee-only financial planning firms each of the last 10 years and included the firm in its "Fast 50", a ranking of privately held companies based on revenue growth in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and 2012. In 2011 the company was named one of the "Best Places To Work" in Central Ohio by Business First newspaper. Palmer is a registered investment advisor representative with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He serves as board chair of Methodist Eldercare Services and as a board member of Ohio Northern University. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University and a juris doctorate from Rutgers University.

Tracie J. Sanchez
Vice Chair of the Actuarial Committee, Member of the Medical Services & Safety Committee
Represents employers with 100 or fewer employeesTerm expires June 12, 2021
Tracie Sanchez is the corporate president of the Lima Pallet Company, Inc. In 30 years of service to Lima Pallet, she learned to do most of the tasks Lima Pallet has to offer from fork lift operator to sales manager to become the President of Lima Pallet in 2001. She has a strong knowledge of cost savings programs BWC offers to Ohio's employers. She is also involved in the community by serving on the National Federation of Independent Business’ Ohio Leadership Council. Mrs. Sanchez is a native of Lima, Ohio, where she lives with her husband, Jeffery, and their three children.

Dewey R. Stokes
Member of the Audit and Medical Services & Safety committees
Represents employeesTerm expires June 12, 2019
Dewey Stokes, of Columbus, has a long history of public service to the community, state and nation. He served more than 27 years as a Columbus police officer and was elected Franklin County Commissioner, a position he held for 12 years. He also has a wide range of experience in law enforcement and labor issues, including serving as president of the National Fraternal Order of Police, co-chairman of former Gov. George V. Voinovich's Labor Advisory Committee and member of the Columbus Area Labor Management Board.

Michael P. Taylor
Member of the Actuarial and Investment committees
Represents Executive Board of the Ohio AFL-CIOTerm expires June 11, 2021
Michael P. Taylor of Steubenville spent three decades in the fire service, retiring from the Steubenville Fire Department as assistant chief in April 2018. Over his career, he served on several executive committees and associations related to public safety. He is current president of the Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters, which represents the interests of 12,000 professional firefighters in Ohio and coordinates with more than 250 local affiliates. He also serves on the executive board of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations’ Ohio branch, as well as Jefferson County’s 911 executive committee. Taylor attended the George Meany Center for Labor Studies.

Frederick J. Treuhaft
Vice chair of the Investment Committee and Member of the Governance Committee
Investment and securities expertTerm expires June 11, 2021
Frederick J. Treuhaft of Toledo is a profit-focused consultant who focuses on transforming complex challenges into business strategies. His background includes more than 38 years experience in all phases of business, tax, estate, strategic and family wealth planning. Director Treuhaft also specializes in working with entrepreneurs, helping start-up businesses grow by teaching owners to understand the potential of their enterprises based on local markets and communities. In addition to consulting activities at his company, Treu Advisors, he currently serves as a co-manager at Reynolds Senior Village, a 55-plus mobile home park where he's working to create a safe and revitalized environment for residents. He's a graduate of the University of Toledo with a BBA specializing in accounting.

Duties

The Board of Directors is an independent body of fiduciaries entrusted with setting overall administrative policy for BWC.

Summary of duties

Advising BWC's administrator on all policy and operational matters

Safeguarding the assets of Ohio's workers' compensation system, including maintaining the solvency of the State Insurance Fund

Vote to open each investment class and adopt rules establishing standards for investing in the class

Submit an annual report to the governor and the leaders of the four legislative caucuses on the value and performance of each investment class.

Vote to close any investment class

Actuarial duties

Prepare and submit (no later than 60-days following introduction) an actuarial analysis of any introduced legislation expected to have a measurable financial impact on BWC. This analysis must include the following:

A summary of the statutory changes being evaluated;

A description of or reference to the actuarial assumptions and actuarial cost method used in this report;

A description of the participant groups used in the report;

A statement of the financial impact of the legislation, including the resulting increase, if any, in employer premiums, in actuarial accrued liabilities and the relevant percent premium increase associated that would be required to amortize the increase in those liabilities as a level percent of employer premiums over a period not to exceed 30 years;

A statement of whether the employer premiums paid to BWC after enactment of the proposed change should be sufficient to satisfy the funding objectives the board establishes.

Prepare an annual actuarial report that consists of valuation of the assets, liabilities and funding requirements of all BWC funds, which will include the following:

A summary of compensation and benefits provided;

A summary of the census data and financial information used;

A description of the actuarial assumptions, cost method, and asset valuation method used;

A summary of findings that includes actuarial accrued compensation and benefit liabilities and unfunded actuarial accrued compensation and benefit liabilities;

A schedule showing the effect of any changes in compensation and benefits, actuarial assumptions, or cost methods since the previous report;

This report must be submitted to the legislative committees that hear BWC legislation no later than Sept. 1 of the year following the year studied.

Conduct an investigation every five years to update BWC's actuarial assumptions. The investigation should analyze the experience of employers, the mortality, service and injury rates of employees, and the payment of temporary total disability, permanent partial disability, and permanent total disability. The board must submit this report to the standing legislative committees that hear BWC legislation by Nov. 1 following the fifth year studied and must include all of the following:

A summary of relevant decrement and economic assumption experience;

Recommended changes in actuarial assumptions to be used in actuarial variations;

A measurement of the financial effect of the recommended changes.

General administrative duties

Review BWC's progress in meeting cost and quality objectives, and in complying with relevant statutes

Submit an annual report to the Governor, Ohio Senate President and House Speaker, including the following specific criteria:

An evaluation of the cost and quality objectives of the bureau;

A statement of the net assets available for the provision of compensation and benefits, as of the last day of the fiscal year;

A statement of any changes that occurred in the net assets available, including employer premiums and net investment income, for the provision of compensation and benefits and payment of administrative expenses, between the first and last day of the fiscal year;

The following information for each of the six consecutive fiscal years occurring previous to the report:

A schedule of the net assets available for compensation and benefits;

The annual cost of the payment of compensation and benefits;

Annual administrative expenses incurred;

Annual employer premiums allocated for the provision of compensation and benefits.

A description of any significant changes that occurred during the six years for the portion of the report described above that affect the ability of the board to compare that information from year to year.

Administrative rules for the classification of occupations or industries, for premium rates and contributions, for the amount to be credited to the surplus fund, for rules and systems of rating, rate revisions, and merit rating;

Administrator duties and authority;

Rules adopted for HPP and QHP;

Rules regarding the Public Employment Risk Reduction Program and the protection of public health-care workers from exposure incidents.